Ingredients
- the freshest hormigas culonas (fat-bottomed ants)
- one local bilingual host
- bags of passion for traditional cuisine
- her beautiful kitchen
- fruits from her garden
- exotic juice (or wine and ice cold beer)
Procedure
- Stay at TuCasaBarichara and get an exclusive invite.
- Arrive at our traditional “caney” just a couple of blocks walk from TuCasaBarichara.
- Meet Margarita – Colombia’s answer to Heston Blumenthal i.e. better looking and even more fun!
- Learn how to prepare, cook (rare, medium rare, or well-done) and season the ants.
- Enjoy the taste sensation, accompanied by hoja santa (holy leaves from our veg garden), arepa santandereana and traditional envueltos.
Your host and chef, Margarita, was interviewed about her unique tasting experience by a British journalist for BBC Travel’s Essential List “Could eating ants help you live longer?“
And famous actors from Colombian television once dropped in to enjoy the experience. Do you recognise them?
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